Adamsfield, Tasmania facts for kids

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Adamsfield is a locality in Tasmania Australia where osmiridium was discovered in 1925. Alluvial mining resulted in one of the world's largest sources of osmium and iridium metal.

Florentine Post Office opened on 1 November 1925. It was renamed "Adamsfield" next month and closed in 1960.

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